It is a well-established fact that exercise helps develop stronger muscles and a more fit body. Proper nutrition fuels this healthy biological machine so it can perform at its best potential. This is equally true of the mind. The inherent psychic abilities of the human animal needs to be trained and exercised as well in order to allow you to do your best possible magical work.

While the potential for such strong psychic abilities as telepathy and clairvoyance are within the genetic makeup of the species, it has been under attack for several millennia. Through both physically removing those with strong tendencies for psychic ability from life where their genetic recessives may become dominant to a publicly encouraged ridicule of the entire psychic phenomena. There are ways to personally develop your own psychic abilities that are surprisingly easy to do. Some of the tools for psychic development are simple cards. You can obtain a set of the 'official' twenty-five card set that is used in psychical research or you can improvise with regular playing cards.

With a 'psychic' deck you have five cards each of five symbols: square, circle, triangle, star and wavy lines. For practice in clairvoyance, you would take each card in turn and, in a relaxed state, hold each one individually without looking at its face. Then try to form an image of what it is. Mark down your impression and go on to the next until you are done. Then turn over the deck and check it against your list of impressions. A totally random guess will average five correct out of the twenty-five. The better you become at reaching out to get the correct answer with your mind the higher this rate will be.

The same cards can be utilized to practice at telepathy. You will need a sympathetic friend or another magic worker to aid in this. The process is similar but in this exercise your partner will be looking at each card and trying to project its image while you attempt to pick up on their mental thought-form. This can be modified with a regular playing card deck by removing the face cards and working only with the numbered cards that are either all black or all red.

You can move on to more advanced forms of clairvoyance training by having a friend cut out random pictures from magazines and newspapers and placing them in envelopes. You would then hold the sealed envelope and write your impressions of what it contains. It should be noted that, just like physical exercise, you should start slow and build up. Do not overextend your psychic muscles by attempting the exercise more than once or twice a day or you run the risk of creating a mental block. Nor should you expect outstanding results quickly. It is a process that is designed to work in a cumulative way over time.

You can make impromptu exercises for yourself in your daily life. Take a moment before answering the telephone to see if you can sense who is on the other end. This will develop your ability for both clairvoyance but telepathy as well as the caller will naturally be thinking of you. When walking try to feel for what the next lost coin you see lying on the ground will be or whether the next person you meet walking the other way is male or female. Making such 'games' a part of your daily routine will keep your mind more attuned to the subtle vibrational messages that are carried on the subconscious level. It will help train your mind to be always open to the reality around you.

As for why one should bother to take this time to train your psyche, it is at the very heart of the power you use to do magic. An increase in strong mental focus through developing greater psychic ability will allow the practitioner to Visualize his or her desires more fully and completely. The Focus and Force of Will are made stronger with the better-trained mind. The greater your psychic ability and understanding, the greater will be your ability to see the subtle underlying realities that comprise the totality of creation.

As well as writing and researching on the paranormal and occult phenomena that intersect our reality, Douglas Mefford can also be found helping spread literature to the world at Bell, Book & Candle Publications or hanging out at his bungalow in Greenwoods Village.

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